Nominee for Best Actor, Aksel Hennie (Nobel) told VG: “Regardless of who takes home the victory in the category Nobel is nominated in, NRK is the big winner this year. That we have a state channel which takes artistic and economic decisions in order to create good drama for its audience, means a lot to the industry.”

The 2017 Gullruten awards ceremony will be held at Grieghallen on Friday 12th May 2017 and broadcast on TV2 in Norway. Here are the highlights: